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>> the bush administration and the obama administration? >> let me finish the point. they took this whole system we had and for some reason set it aside and went back to the old local laptop computer -- >> so is that secretary shins i shinseki's mistake do you think? >> i don't know why they ever did that. we had spent about $120 million on it and it was really starting to work. >> but when you resign, remind our viewers why you resigned. there was a lot of criticism. there was pressure on you as well. >> well, there's to pressure on me to resign. i have no pressure. the big flap we had on my watch we had somebody that took home a laptop and a hard drive that had the names of millions of veterans and his house got broken into it and somebody stole it. but soon as i found out about that and president bush found out about that, we took decisive action that day, held a press conference, told every veteran in the world that this has happened and hired companies to consult them. what's happening now is the president of the united states is not talking responsibility for th
>> the bush administration and the obama administration? >> let me finish the point. they took this whole system we had and for some reason set it aside and went back to the old local laptop computer -- >> so is that secretary shins i shinseki's mistake do you think? >> i don't know why they ever did that. we had spent about $120 million on it and it was really starting to work. >> but when you resign, remind our viewers why you resigned. there was a lot of...
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>> the obama administration says it's not different. it's just the same. the argument against it, and will will certainly give this, but the argument against it is that it's okay for congress to regulate economic activity like paying someone the minimum wage but congress cannot regulate economic inactivity. it can't force you to enter into a commercial transaction with a private party, an insurance company, or pay a penalty. that's the argument against. >> that's correct. jeff said that really well. congress has an enumerated list of powers. one is the congress clause which has a simple one-sentence line congress has the ability to regulate trade among states. originally the intention or how it played out was to avoid trade wars between the states. that all changed in 1942. this will be the precedent based on where a farmer in ohio was growing wheat on its land. there was a law where congress was trying to boost the price of wheat. thought it would be good if we had a higher price. they said it would not be good if you had more wheat, you cannot grow more
>> the obama administration says it's not different. it's just the same. the argument against it, and will will certainly give this, but the argument against it is that it's okay for congress to regulate economic activity like paying someone the minimum wage but congress cannot regulate economic inactivity. it can't force you to enter into a commercial transaction with a private party, an insurance company, or pay a penalty. that's the argument against. >> that's correct. jeff said...
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. >> and the obama administration frankly since they took office has been very good about communicating their economic accomplishments and despite the intraparty stuff we see in the republican party they have been pretty good messengers on this economic stuff. they really set the terms of the debate for these economic debates. >> on the obamacarish urk the other thing that the administration has done is really push their political problems down the road. we've seen delay after delay. those were the really bad stories that were going to come out this year, you know, the small, the medium size employers who will talk about how they are having to pare back the workforce. they are pushing that down the pike and maybe hillary clinton has to talk about that. >> talk about ground how long day, immigration and health care in 2011, 2012 and now again here in 2014. we're having a conversation in washington, but if you go to louisiana or arkansas or the places where the key senate races are this year, is it too late, even if obamacare from february to november is more of a success story, is it loc
. >> and the obama administration frankly since they took office has been very good about communicating their economic accomplishments and despite the intraparty stuff we see in the republican party they have been pretty good messengers on this economic stuff. they really set the terms of the debate for these economic debates. >> on the obamacarish urk the other thing that the administration has done is really push their political problems down the road. we've seen delay after...
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it the way the obama administration was going to do it. one of the things i think is clear here, is the obama administration doesn't have trust in anything the health insurance industry tells them how to run a health plan and the mess you sight see is indicative is when somebody tries to run somebody ed's business in things you're smatter in. >> why would the insurance industry not be willing to challenge them? >> right now, it is the federal government that's the biggest customer for these insurance companies. government backed plans accounted for 48% of health care policies last year, anderson, a number expected to grow this year and years to come. so basically, the insurance companies are in a position to just be quiet for fear of offending basically the biggest source of income. >> have you heard from the white house about this? is their side of the story? >> pushing back. jay carney just sent this note on allegations of white house pressure being placed on insurance executives. he writes that acquisition is per postous and inaccurate
it the way the obama administration was going to do it. one of the things i think is clear here, is the obama administration doesn't have trust in anything the health insurance industry tells them how to run a health plan and the mess you sight see is indicative is when somebody tries to run somebody ed's business in things you're smatter in. >> why would the insurance industry not be willing to challenge them? >> right now, it is the federal government that's the biggest customer...
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so let me ask you this question -- if this doesn't improve, the obama administration goes back on what the president said today, which is his withdrawal timetable is not affected. but if that were to change, how quickly could they even accelerate it, right? supposedly the united states is supposed to be out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. if the next month you decide to speed that up, could he? >> he can speed it up if he wants to, but the association of the sofa, status of forces, this incident and the decision to try him in front of a military court as opposed to an 56 gan court is likely going to frustrate any negotiations we have. as we saw in iraq, that was the end of the mission. if you can't get to a s.o.f.a. and figure out the relationship, the relationship ends. >> thanks very much to bowe both of you. interesting point. obviously it was also an issue of whether u.s. troops will be subject to iraqi justice. >>> coming up, i know you probably all think no pay will motivate congress to get something done. and obama's approval rating has taken a surprise hit. we know why. and
so let me ask you this question -- if this doesn't improve, the obama administration goes back on what the president said today, which is his withdrawal timetable is not affected. but if that were to change, how quickly could they even accelerate it, right? supposedly the united states is supposed to be out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. if the next month you decide to speed that up, could he? >> he can speed it up if he wants to, but the association of the sofa, status of forces,...
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let's begin with the obama administration's message to isis today. cnn's security correspondent jim sciutto joins us live. so jim, the president, the vice president, and the defense secretary all spoke out today about isis. but they weren't necessarily all on the same page. what did they say? >> no, they were not there. was something of a conflicting message. you did hear stronger words than you heard in the past from president obama, our reach is long, justice will be served. vice president biden taking a rhetorical step further by talking about chasing isis to the gates of hell. but the president added some confusion by after making his comments about destroying isis saying that, well, the intention may be to make isis a manageable threat. so that is a topic that i pressed defense secretary chuck hagel on immediately. it is contained or it is destroyed? what is the mission he has been tasked with. and secretary hagel said that what the president has come to him with in terms of defining that mission is destroy isis, not contain it. and those are th
let's begin with the obama administration's message to isis today. cnn's security correspondent jim sciutto joins us live. so jim, the president, the vice president, and the defense secretary all spoke out today about isis. but they weren't necessarily all on the same page. what did they say? >> no, they were not there. was something of a conflicting message. you did hear stronger words than you heard in the past from president obama, our reach is long, justice will be served. vice...
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this is a moment of reckoning for the obama administration. you'll remember even 2 1/2 years ago when president obama came to office, he had the promise of engaging the regimes both in tehran and damascus. even as late as may 19, just about three, four weeks ago, president obama was still holding open the possibility for bashar that he could either lead syria to a reform or get out of the way. so now the decision to refer him to the international criminal court is the right decision. it's a little too late for the obama administration, but better late than never. >> you're actually in the hague right now. and you've submitted to the icc evidence of crimes against humanity by the assad regime. what kind of crimes? >> well, the syrian regime have committed -- have seized cities, used the army against civilians. we have enough evidence and we have already submitted the communication to the office of the prosecutor of the icc with enough evidence that support the claim that there are crimes against humanity committed by the regime and the head of
this is a moment of reckoning for the obama administration. you'll remember even 2 1/2 years ago when president obama came to office, he had the promise of engaging the regimes both in tehran and damascus. even as late as may 19, just about three, four weeks ago, president obama was still holding open the possibility for bashar that he could either lead syria to a reform or get out of the way. so now the decision to refer him to the international criminal court is the right decision. it's a...
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no secret trial lawyers or big donors to the obama administration. that is a fact. center for responsive politics. $45 million to his 2008 election campaign. is it possible this whole public pool compliance thing does have a political element? >> absolutely not. the idea that somehow the trial lawyers are so powerful that they can get president obama to enact legislation that would then result in lawsuits is ridiculous. this legislation is for one simple reason. to provide equal protection and liberty to people who are disabled. the fact you're going to use the trial lawyer's argument to take the argument away from the fact these people deserve the same qualities as everybody else. i don't understand how people could make the argument that legislation that's going to help disabled people is a kick back to trial lawyers. it makes no sense. >> nick? >> i can think of about 45 million reasons why people would make a connection between the two. there's no question that people want to help and they want to include the handicapped or disabled in all sorts of situations, b
no secret trial lawyers or big donors to the obama administration. that is a fact. center for responsive politics. $45 million to his 2008 election campaign. is it possible this whole public pool compliance thing does have a political element? >> absolutely not. the idea that somehow the trial lawyers are so powerful that they can get president obama to enact legislation that would then result in lawsuits is ridiculous. this legislation is for one simple reason. to provide equal...
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so, i know there's a problem with training iraqi forces, the obama administration also wants to train these so-called moderate rebels within syria. possible? >> yeah. this is a real problem. this is something that should have been done in 2012. hindsight's 20/20, i understand. but that lack of support from the west for the free syrian army, the secular moderates, mostly former syrian military officers, create a power vacuum into which came the aqu-sponsored, al qaeda and iraq sponsored al qaeda and syria, who became isis. so the two things, the collapse of the iraqi army, the hollowing of the iraqi arm mind the power vacuum in syria has created where we are today. can the fsa be trained? can these moderates actually do anything? we may be too late. they may be too weakened now, because they have taken a beaten from isis, taken a beating from the syrian military. syria is going to be the key to this and syria is going to be a very difficult situation. >> all right. i want to bring in chief national security correspondent, jim sciutto, bring him into the conversation, too. put your feet
so, i know there's a problem with training iraqi forces, the obama administration also wants to train these so-called moderate rebels within syria. possible? >> yeah. this is a real problem. this is something that should have been done in 2012. hindsight's 20/20, i understand. but that lack of support from the west for the free syrian army, the secular moderates, mostly former syrian military officers, create a power vacuum into which came the aqu-sponsored, al qaeda and iraq sponsored al...
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late on what the obama administration knew about the nsa surveillance. also ahead, support for legalizing marijuana is at an all-time high so to speak. thank you [ laughter ] >> aisle be here all week. should schools send home letters telling parents their kids are overweight? fat letters a lot of people call them. we'll be talking about all that tonight. we begin with obama care under fire still yet again with the affordable care act already off to an unauspicious start. report obtained by cnn now shows the obama administration was warned that healthcare.gov was not ready to go live. it looks like one of the president's mantras if you like your health plan you can keep it may not be true for some 15 million americans. does the white house have a message problem or a lot more? joining me on the panele panel, start with chief national correspondent john king who is in washington. john, it is remarkable. this president time and time again said if you like the insurance you have, you can keep it. it will not change. it will not go away. now it seems like th
late on what the obama administration knew about the nsa surveillance. also ahead, support for legalizing marijuana is at an all-time high so to speak. thank you [ laughter ] >> aisle be here all week. should schools send home letters telling parents their kids are overweight? fat letters a lot of people call them. we'll be talking about all that tonight. we begin with obama care under fire still yet again with the affordable care act already off to an unauspicious start. report obtained...
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. >> the obama administration is going to tee it up and bring it to 2014. i think they do believe that the politics of this have shifted enough that they can make some republicans pay a price for not being willing to hold a vote. >> the democrats not mauled at the polls afterwards and a lot of people remember that and you are right, a lot of democrats don't want to touch this issue either. but i'm saying there is no common ground here. the people don't want gun control and they recognize that they will pay a price politically for supporting it. >> i think it is a total -- >> in 1994, there are not as many conservatives in those districts. we see them moving in response to the connecticut shooting. >> if we don't address it we will get nowhere. >> what are the guidelines on how far the government can go by restricting gun opi ownership. >> when you talk about banning ownership. president obama can't do that by himself. guns are portable. new york and andrew cuomo can pass all the laws that they want. as long as they are legal in other states, they come up he
. >> the obama administration is going to tee it up and bring it to 2014. i think they do believe that the politics of this have shifted enough that they can make some republicans pay a price for not being willing to hold a vote. >> the democrats not mauled at the polls afterwards and a lot of people remember that and you are right, a lot of democrats don't want to touch this issue either. but i'm saying there is no common ground here. the people don't want gun control and they...
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we're reporting on them because we have verified the obama administration is showing them to members of congress in classified briefings in hopes of building a case to support military strikes against the assad regime. we are going to show you the videos, but i want to caution viewers that some of the images if not all are disturbing. if you have children, i would ask them to leave the room. these are disturbing images and they are images that members of the senate who have seen these say they were moved by. they were briefed on the videos on thursday. they were told they were just a representative samples, but able to verify in a few ways. again, i want to caution our viewers that some of the images are disturbing. this first video is from jabar, outside damascus. runs about 60 seconds and focuses on a little boy who looks about 7 or 8 years old in a room full of individuals who are look at though they are dying or dead. many of them are children. about a 60 second video. i want to go to video two now. the second video of these 13 videos, if we could go to the second video now, is f
we're reporting on them because we have verified the obama administration is showing them to members of congress in classified briefings in hopes of building a case to support military strikes against the assad regime. we are going to show you the videos, but i want to caution viewers that some of the images if not all are disturbing. if you have children, i would ask them to leave the room. these are disturbing images and they are images that members of the senate who have seen these say they...
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early on in the obama administration, they did a top down review of all the detainees. they look at the five and determined based on rulings of the people in the intelligence communities that these five who have now been released were too dangerous to be released as they had been under the bush administration. when obama first came in, he organized the justice led interagency review of all 240 detainees then at guantanamo bay. since that review was done, another 82 have been released, but those 5 were found out and repeatedly throughout the obama administration in contentious deals, they were found to be too dangerous to be released. >> so the final release of them which has occurred for bergdahl, that's a matter of the white house and state department according to your reporting overriding intelligence officials in the pentagon? >> that's right. what happens is when the possibility of getting bergdahl reemerges in recent weeks after the taliban reaches out to the mediators in the talks all along, the administration then convenes senior leadership of obama's national se
early on in the obama administration, they did a top down review of all the detainees. they look at the five and determined based on rulings of the people in the intelligence communities that these five who have now been released were too dangerous to be released as they had been under the bush administration. when obama first came in, he organized the justice led interagency review of all 240 detainees then at guantanamo bay. since that review was done, another 82 have been released, but those...
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we'll get the obama administration's latest take on the search for a way out of this stalemate. we'll have live coverage. jay carney, the press secretary, getting ready to be questioned by reporters. >>> also right now, conservatives are rallying here in washington. anyone who thinks they have for gotten about obama care needs to think again. we're going there for a live report. >>> welcome to our viewers. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. will it be deal or no deal? that's the big question on this. day 11 of the partial government shutdown. this could be a crucial day in the fiscal stalemate. senate republicans, they came to the white house about an hour and a half or so ago. earlier in the day for talks wi
we'll get the obama administration's latest take on the search for a way out of this stalemate. we'll have live coverage. jay carney, the press secretary, getting ready to be questioned by reporters. >>> also right now, conservatives are rallying here in washington. anyone who thinks they have for gotten about obama care needs to think again. we're going there for a live report. >>> welcome to our viewers. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. will it be deal or no deal?...
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tori, the obama administration sounds confident. do they think this site is going to work, it's going to be an all fix? >> you know, from what we have heard so far, they sound optimistic saying they are on track and this website is performing well on deadline day. according to the white house, the site is going to behave differently for users. one measurement that's been brought up in an administration briefing is pages that took eight seconds to load should be less than a second. a fraction of a second. there are lots of fixes like this happening. the president made the promise this site will be running for the vast majority of users. the goal is to have 50,000 users on at the same time. we are told if the number exceeds that, people will get in a virtual line and an e-mail with a better time to log on. i talked to a computer tech expert who's been following this closely. i asked if the site looks better. this is his answer. >> without having the internal metrics and static reports on the website, we, on the outside will not be abl
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congressman king of iowa says he plans to sue the obama administration. saying, quote this is no longer a debate about immigration policy. the debate about the constitution, the rule of law. i'm preparing to bring suit against the president. asking the court. the president has repeatedly called for this legislation. again today, he called on lawmakers to pass the dream act which would put into law steps for children of illegal immigrants to continue to live and work in the united states. today's policy accomplishes that goal at least temporarily. there was a time not too long ago when president obama said the onus fell squarely on congress' shoulders. in fact, he said he couldn't just decide to make the change and he was obligated to enforce the laws that existed. listen to what he told a town hall-type gathering broadcast in univision in march last year. >> the notion that i can just suspension deportations through executive order, that's just not the case. there are enough laws on the books by congress that are veryo enforce our immigration system that
congressman king of iowa says he plans to sue the obama administration. saying, quote this is no longer a debate about immigration policy. the debate about the constitution, the rule of law. i'm preparing to bring suit against the president. asking the court. the president has repeatedly called for this legislation. again today, he called on lawmakers to pass the dream act which would put into law steps for children of illegal immigrants to continue to live and work in the united states....
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. >>> the obama administration is sending an envoy to north korea for the first time in two years. robert king is the u.s. state department special envoy for north korean human rights. the white house says next week king will begin a five-day tour to look into the country's need for food. the u.s. cut off food aid to north korea two years ago. >>> the water is rising. your neighbors are evacuating. what can you do? how about build your own levee. martin savidge found one family near vicksburg, mississippi, that did just that. take a look. so far it is keeping the flood waters at bay and keeping three acres and the homestead high and dry. >> when it got to 55.5, we knew we had to do something. >> it's worked. so far it's holding. >> so far it's holding. we started designing a levee to hold 105 feet. then it came it was going to be 107, and when we started we said we're going to put it high as the levee will go, at 110 feet. that's what we built, sea level. >> so far, so good. martin says the homeowner told him the family always wanted lake front property. some people keeping a great
. >>> the obama administration is sending an envoy to north korea for the first time in two years. robert king is the u.s. state department special envoy for north korean human rights. the white house says next week king will begin a five-day tour to look into the country's need for food. the u.s. cut off food aid to north korea two years ago. >>> the water is rising. your neighbors are evacuating. what can you do? how about build your own levee. martin savidge found one...
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the obama administration says the term spouse and marriage in a key law should be based on where the couple was married, not where they live. >>> berman, are you looking for a job? >> this sounds good, right? >> it really does. listen to this one. it may interest you. it's high pay. seems like a pretty easy job but a little bit of a catch. nasa is looking for volunteers willing to lie in bed for 70 days! i'm just going to let that sit there for a while. how does that sound? lying in bed for 70 days. they are going to pay you 18,000 to do that but you can't get up. you can read books and play on the computer and watch tv but you have to stay on that bed lying down. the purpose of the study is research the effects of long-term space flight. the kind when you are strapped in for weeks. they want to see how the human body reacts to that. i'm loving this. it's a guaranteed eight hours of sleep. you are awake for 16 hours. there's no carpooling. there is no cooking. there no -- >> no showering? it seems like you would get rank foul fairly quickly. >> i read about this. they say you do get
the obama administration says the term spouse and marriage in a key law should be based on where the couple was married, not where they live. >>> berman, are you looking for a job? >> this sounds good, right? >> it really does. listen to this one. it may interest you. it's high pay. seems like a pretty easy job but a little bit of a catch. nasa is looking for volunteers willing to lie in bed for 70 days! i'm just going to let that sit there for a while. how does that sound?...
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although this memo is really narrows what previous administrations have said. >> so the obama administration is essentially saying, well look in libya you don't have u.s. boots on the ground, there's not ground troops. the libyan forces, gadhafi's forces don't have the ability to really fire back and put any u.s. pilots who may be involved in harm's way. and therefore, because the u.s. role was so limited, this is not a war that needs to be approved. >> well, they're actually saying three things. they're saying not just is there no chance of sustained fire ongoing, it's almost the quagmire that became vietnam and korea. they're also saying the cash w589s will not be there. the third is this is a humanitarian effort and they're not seeking regime change. while the right to identify these as animating factors in terms of the war powers resolution generally they weren't the only factors congress was considering at the time and they are debatable under the circumstance. if you think about the quagmire argument, if our goal is middle east stability which this document also says, and if in fact we
although this memo is really narrows what previous administrations have said. >> so the obama administration is essentially saying, well look in libya you don't have u.s. boots on the ground, there's not ground troops. the libyan forces, gadhafi's forces don't have the ability to really fire back and put any u.s. pilots who may be involved in harm's way. and therefore, because the u.s. role was so limited, this is not a war that needs to be approved. >> well, they're actually saying...
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. >> fran, in terms of the obama administration and the way they have gone about it, what do you make of the policy so far? >> well, anderson, i think the best thing that happened was the endorsement -- the invitation of the arab league for foreign forces, the united states, to come in and respond to the situation in libya. and i think it was right to bring in nato. my argument here, my disagreement with them is only on the way we use nato's power. it's only in the last four to six weeks where nato really stepped up the bombing campaign but it became most effective with the gadhafi regime. i would have liked to have seen it earlier but if gadhafi falls we'll regard this as a success and learn from it for next time. >> the president called this an unprecedented international coalition. the make of it -- we've seen coalitions before but most of them u.s.-led. do you think this is a new precedent for interventions going forward? >> i think it's time for other countries to pick up their fair share of the burdens and these kinds of interventions on behalf of protecting people. i think the
. >> fran, in terms of the obama administration and the way they have gone about it, what do you make of the policy so far? >> well, anderson, i think the best thing that happened was the endorsement -- the invitation of the arab league for foreign forces, the united states, to come in and respond to the situation in libya. and i think it was right to bring in nato. my argument here, my disagreement with them is only on the way we use nato's power. it's only in the last four to six...
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the length of ceos blasting this administration is george buckley calling obama anti-business, jim mcnerney. terry savage is still with us and joining the conversation, chrystia freeland. chrystia, are those comments justified or is this just business folks lashing out at a guy they don't like? >> i think the latter. i'm sorry you didn't have some of the wall street ceos on your list of businesspeople lashing how at the president. they've been complaining, too. the complaints are familiar to all of us. i don't really understand what they are whining about. the fact is taxes are still at the levels of george w. bush when you had the big, big tax decrease. the president spent a lot of money on the stimulus. i think that someone like steve wynn should be happy about that. that was an effort to goose the consumer economy. what they don't like is that the president sometimes talk about tax increases but they haven't even happened yet. >> terry, what do you think? >> business hates uncertainty. business in america has a very good ability to deal with current conditions but not with the uncertaint
the length of ceos blasting this administration is george buckley calling obama anti-business, jim mcnerney. terry savage is still with us and joining the conversation, chrystia freeland. chrystia, are those comments justified or is this just business folks lashing out at a guy they don't like? >> i think the latter. i'm sorry you didn't have some of the wall street ceos on your list of businesspeople lashing how at the president. they've been complaining, too. the complaints are familiar...
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administration's part to say look, this kid, this event is a modern day version of what happened to emmett till. he is a modern day version rosa parks. other african americans punished for stepping out of their place. so do you think that it would have been appropriate for the president to comment on emmett till? then our president should step forward on the issue of trayvon martin and perhaps step forward in a way that calls for a little bit of political courage which i think is difficult to grab on to during an election year. >> there is more pressure on president obama because he is a black president to comment on this case? >> i think that any president would be expected to comment on a case that affected so many millions of people. trayvon's case was a perfect storm in terms of really highlighting what is wrong with our country as it pertains to race. you have so many issues that came up here, with racial profiling, with the injustice, so many millions of african americans receive either as victim or suspect, the reality, the fundamental fact we can't walk away from is that rtr
administration's part to say look, this kid, this event is a modern day version of what happened to emmett till. he is a modern day version rosa parks. other african americans punished for stepping out of their place. so do you think that it would have been appropriate for the president to comment on emmett till? then our president should step forward on the issue of trayvon martin and perhaps step forward in a way that calls for a little bit of political courage which i think is difficult to...
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that's what secretary kerry is going to discuss today. >> live in baghdad, thanks. >>> the obama administration isn't doing enough to end the crisis in iraq. that question is debated heavily on the sunday talk shows. we have more on the politics. >> reporter: what's most politically interesting here is just how divergent the republicans are. former vice president dick cheney, who, of course, more than a decade ago was pushing for more serious action that, of course, led to the war in iraq. he was on abc news yesterday calling rand paul an isolationist. here is the point he made. >> i'm not sure we have addressed the problem. i would be helping the resistance up in syria, in isis backyard with training and weapons and so forth to do a more effective job on that end of the party. i think, at this point, there are no good, easy answers in iraq. >> reporter: obviously, cheney is saying he thinks the obama administration needs to do a lot more. on the other end of the spectrum is rand paul, who is likely to run for president in 2016. here is how rand paul addressed the issue on cnn's "state of the u
that's what secretary kerry is going to discuss today. >> live in baghdad, thanks. >>> the obama administration isn't doing enough to end the crisis in iraq. that question is debated heavily on the sunday talk shows. we have more on the politics. >> reporter: what's most politically interesting here is just how divergent the republicans are. former vice president dick cheney, who, of course, more than a decade ago was pushing for more serious action that, of course, led to...
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. >>> turning to the politics lead now, just moments ago the obama administration released new enrollment numbers for the president's new health care program. they show that more than 4 million people have signed up for obamacare between november and march. but here's some bad news. that is below projections and there are still not a lot of young people signing up. young adults between 18 and 34 account for only 25% of enrollees. and there's less than 30 days to go. that may explain why the president is trying to get creative. seeing how the obamacare website's rocky rollout gave the president all of the symptoms of a really bad hangover, it really only makes sense that he would get help from the hangover trilogy to pitch the obamacare. >> what did you come here to plug? >> well, first of all, i think it's fair to say that i wouldn't be here with you today if i didn't have something to plug. have you heard of the affordable care act? >> yes, i've heard about that. why would you get the guy that created the zoon to make your website? >> health cacare.gov works grea now and we want people t
. >>> turning to the politics lead now, just moments ago the obama administration released new enrollment numbers for the president's new health care program. they show that more than 4 million people have signed up for obamacare between november and march. but here's some bad news. that is below projections and there are still not a lot of young people signing up. young adults between 18 and 34 account for only 25% of enrollees. and there's less than 30 days to go. that may explain...
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by not making it firm this will happen, has the obama administration created an environment for people to question. >> i think they're questioning our credit worthiness because we have this debt that's soaring. no plan yet to reign it in. i think that's the number one reason. they are nervous if we do business this way, once in a while we might forget to pay the bondholders and it'd be catastrophic. they have to pay them first or the economy implodes. >> people say there is so much uncertainty that that's why they won't move forward. it seems similar to what you're saying, ken. the debt, the deficit alone may be a problem. doesn't have to be. the lack of a plan is what scares people. no idea what's coming. >> well, i think they certainly have reason to feel uncertain about the next few weeks. sometimes i hear that argument and think it's just political. if you don't like the president, you claim you can't hire people. in this case they have absolute reason to be uncertain. what happens after. august 2, tim geithner may have to squirrel away a lot of cash to pay the bond. a lot of peopl
by not making it firm this will happen, has the obama administration created an environment for people to question. >> i think they're questioning our credit worthiness because we have this debt that's soaring. no plan yet to reign it in. i think that's the number one reason. they are nervous if we do business this way, once in a while we might forget to pay the bondholders and it'd be catastrophic. they have to pay them first or the economy implodes. >> people say there is so much...
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they are fully aware not only of the criticism that the obama administration is the undergoing but the criticism of bowe bergdahl directly. and many of the people closest to the family at this point are just trying to deflect those questions and say, look, we're going to leave the politics and those kinds of discussions, we'll leave that to the world outside of haley. they say they would much rather focus on set up an environment in a place that bowe bergdahl will be welcomed home to the help in his transition back to civilian life in normal american life here in idaho. >> he'll be transferred from germany to san antonio, texas to a facility there. is it clear when that transfer is going take place. do they know yet? >> reporter: they don't. what they are saying the recovery will go at the pace that he's comfortable with. what doctors are saying they are sensitive to everything he's been through and having said that, they only are beginning to learn everything that he's been through, the psychological recovery, try to help him regain perspective, control over his life. you and i are us
they are fully aware not only of the criticism that the obama administration is the undergoing but the criticism of bowe bergdahl directly. and many of the people closest to the family at this point are just trying to deflect those questions and say, look, we're going to leave the politics and those kinds of discussions, we'll leave that to the world outside of haley. they say they would much rather focus on set up an environment in a place that bowe bergdahl will be welcomed home to the help...
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this shows the limit of the train and equip strategy of the obama administration that you've seen in iraq, you've seen it in libya, in mali, other places where you've trained up those troops and those troops often haven't been up to the task of pushing back islam irkic forces that's a cautionary trial as the u.s. plans to remove forces from afghanistan. >> back in 2003, bobby, the president, president george w. bush, he was upbeat looking to iraq's future. listen to what he said. >> liberated iraq. can show the power of freedom. to transform that vital region by bringing hope and progress into the lives of millions. america's interests in security and america's belief in liberty both lead in the same direction to a free and peaceful iraq. >> that was the hope, bobby. i remember when i was in palusia in mosul back in 2005 even then i was there with the central commander. there were a lot of concerns at the time that this was not necessarily going to work out as so many had hoped. >> yes, i was in baghdad and watching that speech on television with a number of iraqi friends. and collea
this shows the limit of the train and equip strategy of the obama administration that you've seen in iraq, you've seen it in libya, in mali, other places where you've trained up those troops and those troops often haven't been up to the task of pushing back islam irkic forces that's a cautionary trial as the u.s. plans to remove forces from afghanistan. >> back in 2003, bobby, the president, president george w. bush, he was upbeat looking to iraq's future. listen to what he said. >>...
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can i ask you, what about the obama administration in terms of like four to six weeks, will they negotiate during that period? or will they then say again, we don't negotiate about the debt ceiling. so what does it four to six weeks accomplish other than ruining christmas? >> reporter: again. however many years in a row, what it would accomplish, perhaps, is a time for all sides to sit down and figure out parameters of issues that they can address. everybody has been talking about the big issues for years, really since republicans took over the house back in 2010. whether they can do that in four to six weeks, who knows. but the other big thing is that we don't even know if this is that much of a viable option, because again they're talking through us and through outside sources. >> which is no way to have a negotiation at all. >> no, not at all. >> we don't know what short term means. in a short term deal if that means a couple weeks or months and we're going to go through this all again. how many times are we going to go through this? >> i hate to sound like a broken record, but i have t
can i ask you, what about the obama administration in terms of like four to six weeks, will they negotiate during that period? or will they then say again, we don't negotiate about the debt ceiling. so what does it four to six weeks accomplish other than ruining christmas? >> reporter: again. however many years in a row, what it would accomplish, perhaps, is a time for all sides to sit down and figure out parameters of issues that they can address. everybody has been talking about the big...
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administration is doing, cnn, washington post yesterday reporting, the cia begun arming the rebel movements. >> reporter: right, well president assad will not get that. on the issue of force, this is something the u.s. and russians disagree on and something that came out the first moment we saw them standing together and an issue that might be left for another day. president obama is not going to give up his right, reserving his right to use force but the russians unlikely to sign on that has that as a trigger and set the bar relatively low for what the goals of the talks are. they are looking for a frame work for doing those three things, collecting them somewhere and destroying them and just a frame work, something to go back to washington and european capitals and elsewhere as a way forward. that issue of the use of force is something that's probably going to be left for a later day, anderson. >> appreciate the update. >>> let's drill to the politics practicalities of this. i'll bring in david kay, former u.s. weapons inspector. currently sits on the international advisory board and an e
administration is doing, cnn, washington post yesterday reporting, the cia begun arming the rebel movements. >> reporter: right, well president assad will not get that. on the issue of force, this is something the u.s. and russians disagree on and something that came out the first moment we saw them standing together and an issue that might be left for another day. president obama is not going to give up his right, reserving his right to use force but the russians unlikely to sign on that...
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>> well, that's a good question, gloria, but the fact is as time goes on, the democrats and obama administration specifically are getting ownership of this economy, whether they want it or not. and debbie wasserman shultz actually said the other day, the democrats own the economy. the tarp program when it was passed at the end of the bush administration was such an an emergency measure that most everybody in washington did support it. you're right, as time went on that became unpopular as quotes the bailout, but the thing that began to crystallize public opposition was the stimulus package under president obama in his first months in office. the two republicans that were actually in congress at that time that are running for president actually voted against t.a.r.p. it seems we're going to be able to separate ourselves from that somewhat but the main issue, how is the president done by then in the four years he had to manage the economy. right now it looks bad for him. >> it's also, i might say, the polls show that the public is kind of tired of blaming george w. bush. they now believe as you sa
>> well, that's a good question, gloria, but the fact is as time goes on, the democrats and obama administration specifically are getting ownership of this economy, whether they want it or not. and debbie wasserman shultz actually said the other day, the democrats own the economy. the tarp program when it was passed at the end of the bush administration was such an an emergency measure that most everybody in washington did support it. you're right, as time went on that became unpopular as...
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. >> and recently the obama administration said it would free states that seek a waiver from the no child left behind laws. the state has to prove it has a solid system for measuring school's performance. >>> and world class bad guy dies. some comedian makes a joke about it. think back to some of the bin laden and hussein lines. there is a comedian this week getting back lash for what he said about gadhafi's death. i'll explain. >>> then whose tooth is this? and why are we even talking about it? [ female announcer ] we understand that today your life if full of responsibilities. so if you're thinking of going back to school we created the phoenix prep center, a personalized academic planning resource. and when you're ready to take that next step you can attend our orientation workshop, either on campus...or online to see if our university is right for you. our commitment to you begins before you even enroll. explore these resources and more at phoenix.edu. our commitment to you begins before you even enroll. we are the tomorrow makers. we're making tomorrows like clockwork. ♪ for all th
. >> and recently the obama administration said it would free states that seek a waiver from the no child left behind laws. the state has to prove it has a solid system for measuring school's performance. >>> and world class bad guy dies. some comedian makes a joke about it. think back to some of the bin laden and hussein lines. there is a comedian this week getting back lash for what he said about gadhafi's death. i'll explain. >>> then whose tooth is this? and why are...
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and i think the obama administration is playing it reasonably well. they are trying to stay firm, but they're trying not to do anything that could needlessly, and i say perhaps most importantly, inadvertently do something. secretary kerry said something interesting, he said, i think he knows what the outcome of this conflict would be. meaning if we were to begin a war, the next korean war would be the last korean war, because there would be no north korea at the end of it. the regime would almost certainly collapse. we think he's deterred, but you just want to be sure that no miscalculations occur. >> please stand by. we're going to come back to you in just a moment. >>> up next, some dramatic evidence of the power of propaganda. a defector from north korea still gets emotional when she sees images touting the country's leaders as gods. >>> and north korea's mysterious first lady. the rumors and her role in her husband's regime. all that, and a lot more coming up this hour. when i first felt the diabetic nerve pain, of course, i had no idea what it wa
and i think the obama administration is playing it reasonably well. they are trying to stay firm, but they're trying not to do anything that could needlessly, and i say perhaps most importantly, inadvertently do something. secretary kerry said something interesting, he said, i think he knows what the outcome of this conflict would be. meaning if we were to begin a war, the next korean war would be the last korean war, because there would be no north korea at the end of it. the regime would...
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. >> but the obama administration will tee is up, and bring it to executive decision. i do think they believe that the politics shifted enough, they can make some republicans pay a price that they would not even be willing to vote. >> but remember, in 1994, the assault weapons bill passed and the democrats got mauled at the polls after that. and a lot of people remember that, especially in the west and the south. and you're right, margaret, a lot of democrats don't want to touch this issue either. i'm just saying there is no common ground, because the people who don't want gun control, they don't want gun control and recognize they will pay a price politically for supporting gun control. >> since 1994, there are not as many democrats in the conservative districts as there used to be. and we've seen some of the conservative democrats who still exist, moving in response -- >> look if you look at the possibility there is no possibility for common ground, we'll get nowhere. >> what are the guidelines now on how far the government can go in restricting gun ownership -- >> v
. >> but the obama administration will tee is up, and bring it to executive decision. i do think they believe that the politics shifted enough, they can make some republicans pay a price that they would not even be willing to vote. >> but remember, in 1994, the assault weapons bill passed and the democrats got mauled at the polls after that. and a lot of people remember that, especially in the west and the south. and you're right, margaret, a lot of democrats don't want to touch...
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we do not know what biden's report will say, we are told that the obama administration will try to pass an assault weapon's bans. the nra will oppose it. and gun rights supporters want to focus more on mental health and school safety. we will see what the backgroundries are going to be on tuesday -- boundaries are going to be on tuesy. >>> nothing that anyone could predict is the conspiracy theory of what happened on that day. we know that people put their theories on everything on the internet. there's a professor that questions whether the newtown tragedy ever occurred. >> it turns out that one of the people that is putting this theory forward is a tenured professor in a university. his name is james tracy. this is a picture of him, here is what he looks like. james tracy is his name. he claims the shooting did not happen as reported and may not have happened at all. here is what he wrote on his personal blog. i quote, one is left to inquire whether the sandy hook shooting ever took place, at least in the way that law enforcement authorities and the nation's news media described. trac
we do not know what biden's report will say, we are told that the obama administration will try to pass an assault weapon's bans. the nra will oppose it. and gun rights supporters want to focus more on mental health and school safety. we will see what the backgroundries are going to be on tuesday -- boundaries are going to be on tuesy. >>> nothing that anyone could predict is the conspiracy theory of what happened on that day. we know that people put their theories on everything on the...
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the republican from texas took to the floor and accused the obama administration of helping those that want to destroy america. >> i know the president made the mistake one day of saying that he had visited all 57 states. and i'm well aware that there are not 57 states in this country, although there are 57 members of oic, this islamic states in the world. perhaps there was some confusion whether he had been to all 57 islamic states. as opposed to all 50 u.s. states. nonetheless, we have an obligation to the 50 american states not the 57 muslim islamic states, that our oath we took is in this body in this house. and it's to the people of america. and it's not to the muslim brotherhood who may very well take over egypt and once they do, they are bent upon setting up a around the world including the united states, and this administration will have been complicit in helping people who want to destroy our country. out of the ignorance to think, if you help your enemies they're going to like you better. >> congressman's indication is insinuations when mr. obama mentioned the 57 states he le
the republican from texas took to the floor and accused the obama administration of helping those that want to destroy america. >> i know the president made the mistake one day of saying that he had visited all 57 states. and i'm well aware that there are not 57 states in this country, although there are 57 members of oic, this islamic states in the world. perhaps there was some confusion whether he had been to all 57 islamic states. as opposed to all 50 u.s. states. nonetheless, we have...
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>> i'm not privy to the inner workings from the obama administration. i'm ambassador to the united states and not the other way around. i get the sense that president and the secretary of state hillary clinton wanted to move jointly with allies in europe and elsewhere and present a united front calling for assad to step out or step down. >> from israel's perspective when you look around the neighborhood, we are months into now what we have called the arab spring, is the security situation from israel' standpoint improving or deteriorating or is it just a big question mark? >> i think it's a big question mark. i think we're in the series of an area that is in great flux, it's highly flammable in some cases. we see risks. we see the possibility that radical elements can hijack largely democratic movements as they did in lebanon and iran. in gaza itself. but we also see opportunities. and here syria is a classic example of where we see an opportunity. assad is one of the pillars of the just horrific alliance between syria and iran. assad is the architect o
>> i'm not privy to the inner workings from the obama administration. i'm ambassador to the united states and not the other way around. i get the sense that president and the secretary of state hillary clinton wanted to move jointly with allies in europe and elsewhere and present a united front calling for assad to step out or step down. >> from israel's perspective when you look around the neighborhood, we are months into now what we have called the arab spring, is the security...
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administration or the first obama campaign. the president said the right thing. he tried to walk away from that ad as forcefully as he can. others in the white house and in the campaign should have said two weeks ago what the president said today. that he never believes that mitt romney was responsible for the death of this woman. >> are these attacks you think having an conneeffect? are they actually working? >> i think they're working more for president obama than they are for mitt romney. president obama maintains he had a small but a stelady lead in te polls. he's also on day after day it's been true that the romney camp is dealing with things other than jobs. and other than their plans for the future. so i think by and large -- i mean, people -- here's what happens, anderson. if someone like -- most people know him. hard to redefine him. when somebody like mitt romney runs, who's fresh to a lot americans, you can redefine him. that process is working more in president obama's favor. in fairness to president obama, he did r
administration or the first obama campaign. the president said the right thing. he tried to walk away from that ad as forcefully as he can. others in the white house and in the campaign should have said two weeks ago what the president said today. that he never believes that mitt romney was responsible for the death of this woman. >> are these attacks you think having an conneeffect? are they actually working? >> i think they're working more for president obama than they are for...
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the obama administration plan allows more people whose homes are worthless, their mortgages are worse less to refinance at lower rates as long as they're currently on the payments. well, cnn reporter spoke to shawn donavan in this week's mastering your money. >> we sat down. we attacked five major barrier to people refinancing. many of those could help other families that don't have a fannie and freddie mortgage. we've now figured out a way to automatically resubordinate second mortgages. you may ask what does that mean? many folks who have an underwater first mortgage also have a second mortgage and they're blocked from refinancing. that automatic resubordination can help them refinance. another example is we've eliminated the need for an appraisal for many of these. that lowers sneeze will allow other folks. if we can take these innovations and spread them more broadly to other parts of the market, we could have a much bigger impact. the president was there on wednesday to announce this. this is an important step. we need congress to do their job. we need them to fast american jobs
the obama administration plan allows more people whose homes are worthless, their mortgages are worse less to refinance at lower rates as long as they're currently on the payments. well, cnn reporter spoke to shawn donavan in this week's mastering your money. >> we sat down. we attacked five major barrier to people refinancing. many of those could help other families that don't have a fannie and freddie mortgage. we've now figured out a way to automatically resubordinate second mortgages....
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in a statement, the obama administration says syria has no excuse for denying humanitarian assistance by a group like the red cross. state media reported more unrest saturday with syrian soldiers working to retake a rebellious northern town. human rights activists say at least 25 demonstrators were killed friday across syria. >>> the wallow fire in northeast arizona has now burned an area the size of houston, that big. some 430,000 acres. that makes it the second largest blaze in state history. already there are signs that it's spreading into neighboring new mexico. >>> new york congressman anthony weiner is seeking professional treatment after the strongest calls yet for his resignation. nancy pelosi is one of the members of his own party who want him gone. this week he admitted to graphic online communications with women after initially denying it. those are the headline this is hour. i'm susan hendricks with cnn, the most trusted name in news. >>> i must say twitter, jack, and facebook have been exploding since you have been getting overheated here. i love this one just in. jack we
in a statement, the obama administration says syria has no excuse for denying humanitarian assistance by a group like the red cross. state media reported more unrest saturday with syrian soldiers working to retake a rebellious northern town. human rights activists say at least 25 demonstrators were killed friday across syria. >>> the wallow fire in northeast arizona has now burned an area the size of houston, that big. some 430,000 acres. that makes it the second largest blaze in state...
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. >> also i should point out this network was the network that was blasted by the obama administration for our early reporting on benghazi and what we uncovered in the burned out wreckage in benghazi. so the idea that somehow we are not talking about benghazi is b a surd. we want to call out politicians when they say things that are untrue. with with congresswoman bachmann it's a double edged sword. she fund raises off this stuff. >> we can be transparent with viewers. we had a discussion about this. we know the more oxygen we give it the more she'll raise money off of it. this is one example of a fund-raising notice she sends out. she's one of the most active fund raising e-mail lists. is he sends out five alarm notices, sometimes more than one a day warning they have to contribute or her campaign will fall under the weight of democrats and the liberal media. this was on a different subject. i wouldn't be surprise fd she use this is report and another tomorrow. we're doing our job. >> again, the invitation stands. she can just sit. e she doesn't have to run. we'll talk seated. >> how
. >> also i should point out this network was the network that was blasted by the obama administration for our early reporting on benghazi and what we uncovered in the burned out wreckage in benghazi. so the idea that somehow we are not talking about benghazi is b a surd. we want to call out politicians when they say things that are untrue. with with congresswoman bachmann it's a double edged sword. she fund raises off this stuff. >> we can be transparent with viewers. we had a...
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and how much should be attached to the previous eight years of republican administration? if you were choosing a percentage, a portioning blame to each party there, what would you say? >> well, look. you know as well as anybody and know me probably better than most because of our relationship with celebrity apprentice where you won and did great. i'm proud of you and how well you're doing. but i was never a big fan of george bush, so it's not i'm a rara guy for bush. but obama took over a situation that made it not better but probably worse. i think the economy is getting worse. i see things getting worse. employment has gone up, not down. so bush certainly wasn't the greatest, and obama has not done the job. he's created a lot of disincentive. he's created a lot of dissatisfaction. regulatory is going through the roof. it's almost impossible to get anything done in the country. environmentally speaking, i've seen jobs that are stopped all the time because of absolutely insane and ridiculous environmental rules. these are jobs that could be employing a lot of people. so no
and how much should be attached to the previous eight years of republican administration? if you were choosing a percentage, a portioning blame to each party there, what would you say? >> well, look. you know as well as anybody and know me probably better than most because of our relationship with celebrity apprentice where you won and did great. i'm proud of you and how well you're doing. but i was never a big fan of george bush, so it's not i'm a rara guy for bush. but obama took over a...
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let's remember that in the first two years of the obama administration, the legislative record was historic. it was a very productive period, even though we're in the middle of an economic crisis, and the republicans were unified in their opposition. it was because democrats eventually got 60 votes, used cloture to cut off filibusters on every matter, and push some things through. >> with what you say, especially with congress, and especially, you say, people who are extremely ideological and have refused to work with this administration, your words. at this rate, do you think that an agreement can be reached before we go over the so-called fiscal cliff? >> i am confident an agreement will be reached to reduce our deficits over the next ten years and stabilize our debt. what i can't tell you is, is exactly when and how it will come about. >> thomas mann, thank you. >> happy to be with you. >>> it is lung cancer awareness month and now more than ever, lung cancer patients have reason to have hope for survival. ahead, former nfl linebacker chris draft shares the heartbreaking story of losing
let's remember that in the first two years of the obama administration, the legislative record was historic. it was a very productive period, even though we're in the middle of an economic crisis, and the republicans were unified in their opposition. it was because democrats eventually got 60 votes, used cloture to cut off filibusters on every matter, and push some things through. >> with what you say, especially with congress, and especially, you say, people who are extremely ideological...
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. >> the administration says the obama care site can handle as many as 50,000 concurrent users and 800,000 consumer visits during the day. >>> they say the terror threat in the united states is growing. democratic senator dianne feinstein and mike rogers share that view. both said changing tactics and improving weapons make it harder right now to warn the war on terror. >> are we safer now than we were a year ago, two years ago in general? >> i don't think so. i think terror is up worldwide. the statistics indicate that. the fatalities are way up. the numbers are way up. there are new bombs, very big bombs, trucks be reinforced for those bombs. >> i absolutely agree that we are not safer today for the same very reason. so the pressure on our intelligence services to get it right to prevent an attack are enormous and it's getting more difficult because we see the lked as we knl qaeda is ma take sizing to something more different. >>> just days after striking a deal with the west to freeze part of its nuclear program, iran's nuclear chief says his country needs more power plants. iran offici
. >> the administration says the obama care site can handle as many as 50,000 concurrent users and 800,000 consumer visits during the day. >>> they say the terror threat in the united states is growing. democratic senator dianne feinstein and mike rogers share that view. both said changing tactics and improving weapons make it harder right now to warn the war on terror. >> are we safer now than we were a year ago, two years ago in general? >> i don't think so. i think...
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the republicans are saying the obama administration has too much regulation on the economy. most of them don't like the wall street package that was passed by the congress and signed by the president. so it's an anti-obama, anti h anti-democrat message you get from the republicans. they said they would cut spending. whether cutting spending is the right thing to do when you want to increase employment is the question, but debt is driving the economy right now, not so much employment. iowa and new hampshire are two states that have an unemployment rate higher than the others. >> bob, this debate is going to hinge on whether or not, as we're talking about, maybe other leg down in the economy. forget the depression talk, but there is some talk that things might weaken a little bit. this idea of cutting spending right now, it really flies in the face of what democrats are trying to push. >> most economists i talk to, and not just liberal economists, think that is exactly the wrong thing to do right now where the economy has weakened, employment has not picked up the way people w
the republicans are saying the obama administration has too much regulation on the economy. most of them don't like the wall street package that was passed by the congress and signed by the president. so it's an anti-obama, anti h anti-democrat message you get from the republicans. they said they would cut spending. whether cutting spending is the right thing to do when you want to increase employment is the question, but debt is driving the economy right now, not so much employment. iowa and...
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people blame the bush administration more than the obama administration but it's going to be a head to head match up and right now it doesn't look so good for the republicans. >> if you look at the poll of the debt ceiling, it's like so many other issues, even though the president says it's a huge national debate and to nicole's point, for the impact on the economy, if you look at the polling, democrats are here with the president, republicans don't. then you get to august 2nd vea a default, so what, who cares, more agree with the republican position than huge economic damage. why is that? it's just a political trust deficit? do we live in a world where you are a republican and a democrat says it it can't be true? >> well, i think we live in a world in which most americans are concerned with how they are going to pay their bills than the debt ceiling which is an he is sew tear rick issue. you see in a lot of issues that people haven't really considered a great deal. the question matters a lot. if you ask people whether or not we should be raising the debt limit, you're going to get a d
people blame the bush administration more than the obama administration but it's going to be a head to head match up and right now it doesn't look so good for the republicans. >> if you look at the poll of the debt ceiling, it's like so many other issues, even though the president says it's a huge national debate and to nicole's point, for the impact on the economy, if you look at the polling, democrats are here with the president, republicans don't. then you get to august 2nd vea a...
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"the new york times" reporting the obama administration is conducting a covert war in that country to keep al qaeda from rising to power. >>> there's mounting pressure on anthony weaner to step down as reports circulate the congressman's wife is pregnant. and the latest development has millions of americans cringing as explicit photo -- an explicit photo sweeping across the internet. >>> powerful testimony against accused child killer casey anthony. a computer forensic expert says he found 84 searches for chloroform on the murder suspect's computer. some are saying it's the evidence that could break the defense's case. >>> plus two high rollers who walked out of an atlantic city casino with more than $11 million in winnings between them on this "american morning." what's pure and what's real from we who believe we know just how you feel. haagen-dazs. it's me? alright emma, i know it's not your favorite but it's time for your medicine, okay? you ready? one, two, three. [ both ] ♪ emma, emma bo-bemma ♪ banana-fana-fo-femma ♪ fee-fi-fo-femma ♪ em-ma very good sweety, how do you f
"the new york times" reporting the obama administration is conducting a covert war in that country to keep al qaeda from rising to power. >>> there's mounting pressure on anthony weaner to step down as reports circulate the congressman's wife is pregnant. and the latest development has millions of americans cringing as explicit photo -- an explicit photo sweeping across the internet. >>> powerful testimony against accused child killer casey anthony. a computer...
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instead, the bush administration, and the obama administration wrote checks to the auto industry, ultimately, they went to the very bankruptcy process i suggested from the beginning. the big difference was $17 billion with you wasted and then president obama given that money put his hands on the scales of justice and gave give the company to the uaw. there's a perception in the country that government knows better than the private sector. washington and president obama have a better view for how and industry ought to be run. they're wrong. the right way for america to create jobs is to keep government in its place and to allow the private sector and the energy and passion of the american people to created a brighter future for our kids and ourselves. >> let me read you a little bit of an op ed piece you wrote in november of 2008. if general motors, ford and chrysler get the bailout you can kiss the american automotive industry good-bye. from a profit stand point they are doing well. on that point "kiss the industry good-bye." were you wrong? >> no. because if you read the rest it says what t
instead, the bush administration, and the obama administration wrote checks to the auto industry, ultimately, they went to the very bankruptcy process i suggested from the beginning. the big difference was $17 billion with you wasted and then president obama given that money put his hands on the scales of justice and gave give the company to the uaw. there's a perception in the country that government knows better than the private sector. washington and president obama have a better view for...